SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Oral Roberts takes a three-game winning streak into a Wednesday matinee at (10/11) Texas to highlight another good stretch of Summit League Women's Basketball matchups over the next week. The Golden Eagles are scoring at a League-best 81.5 ppg and are off to a 4-2 start under the direction of second-year head coach Kelsi Musick.

South Dakota State, who is also sitting at 4-2, and St. Thomas, who holds a 3-3 record, are also playing Power-5 programs as Washington State visits the Jackrabbits next Tuesday while the Tommies host the Cyclones later tonight.

AROUND THE LEAGUE
Wednesday, Nov. 29
Oral Roberts at Texas (ESPN+) | 11 a.m. CT
Northern Iowa at South Dakota (SLN) | 6 p.m. CT
Iowa State at St. Thomas (SLN) | 7 p.m. CT

Thursday, Nov. 30
Denver at Loyola Marymount (ESPN+) | 6 p.m. PT

Friday, Dec. 1
Eastern Michigan at NDSU (WDAYX/SLN) | 7 p.m. CT
UIC at Omaha (SLN) | 7 p.m. CT

Saturday, Dec. 2
Arkansas State at Kansas City (SLN) | 2 p.m. CT 
St. Thomas at Western Illinois (WIU) | 1 p.m. CT
Denver at UC Irvine (ESPN+) | 2 p.m. PT

Sunday, Dec. 3
Mayville State at NDSU (WDAYX/SLN) | 1 p.m. CT
Eastern Michigan at North Dakota (MS/SLN) | 1 p.m. CT
South Dakota at Loyola Marymount (ESPN+) | 2 p.m. PT    

Tuesday, Dec. 5
Washington State at SDSU (MS/SLN) | 6 p.m. CT
Omaha at Western Illinois (WIU) | 7 p.m. CT

Rankings: (AP/Coaches)
All times local to site
# Multi-Team Event

Key: FLO (FloSports), ESPN+ (ESPN Plus), SECN+ (Southeastern Conference Network Plus), SLN (Summit League Network), WDAYX (WDAY Xtra), WIU (GoLeathernecks.com/watch)

TEAM TRACKER
DENVER PIONEERS (1-4, 0-0 SL) | @DU_WHoops
Next Up: at Loyola Marymount (11/30; 6 p.m. PT); at UC Irvine (12/2; 2 p.m. PT)
Previous Games: Central Arkansas (L, 90-84); South Alabama (L, 62-53)
The Pioneers dropped both games by single digits during their multi-team event over the Thanksgiving Holiday ... Sophomore Jordan Jones led all scorers at the Denver Classic with a 23.0 ppg clip ... She poured in a career-high 29 points in a 90-84 loss to Central Arkansas and added 17 in the 62-53 setback to South Alabama ... Jones has started all five games for the Pioneers this season and ranks second on the team in scoring (14.4/g) and first in rebounding (7.4/g) after posting 7.9 ppg and 4.1 rpg clips in 19 games as a freshman in 2022-23 ... Sophomore Emma Smith has hit double figures in all five games for DU and leads the squad with a 14.6 ppg clip ... Smith and company will head to California for a pair of road games this week at Loyola Marymount and UC Irvine.

KANSAS CITY ROOS (2-5, 0-0 SL) | @KCRoosWBB
Next Up:  Arkansas State (12/2; 2 p.m. CT); Bellevue (12/6; 5:30 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: vs. Chicago State (W, 77-46); vs. Austin Peay (L, 78-63)
Kansas City went 1-2 in a trio of games at the Holiday Inn Express Downtown Viking Invitational hosted by Cleveland State ... The Roos opened the event with a resounding 77-46 win over Chicago State with Alayna Contreras pacing a trio of double-digit scorers with 17 ... Emani Bennett added 14 and a game-high seven rebounds in the Roos second win of the season ... The freshman had scored 11 total points in the Roos' first four games ... KC would fall in its next two clashes, falling 78-63 to Austin Peay and  82-55 to the host Vikings ... Bennett went for a season-high 20 against the Governors and averaged 14.0 ppg in the three-game stretch in Ohio to push her season average up to 7.6 ppg ... Nine different Roos have earned a start this season with leading scorer Nariyah Simmons (12.6 ppg) and Lisa Thomas the lone two to start all seven ... Kansas City returns home for a pair of games starting with a Saturday tilt against Arkansas State.

NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING HAWKS (2-5, 0-0 SL) | @UNDwbasketball
Next Up: Eastern Michigan (12/3; 1 p.m. CT); at Eastern Illinois (12/7; 1 p.m. ET)
Previous Games: at Southern Miss (L, 75-53); vs. North Texas (L, 71-50); Minot State (W, 82-53) 
The Fighting Hawks snapped a three-game skid with an 82-53 victory over Minot State ... Kiyah Hurst, who missed the first three games of the season, poured in a career-high 26 points on 11-of-16 shooting against the Beavers ... UND dropped both of its tilts at the Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic where they lost to host Southern Miss 75-53 and North Texas 71-50 ... Kacie Borowicz led UND with 16 against the host Golden Eagles and was held to single digits for the first time this season with seven against North Texas ... The graduate student still leads all Summit League players in scoring at 19.3 ppg ... Hurst led the way against the Mean Green with 14 to reach double figures in back-to-back games for the fifth time in her career ... The sophomore is averaging 13.3 ppg and 6.8 rpg during her return to action over the last four games ... UND plays host to Eastern Michigan Sunday. 

NORTH DAKOTA STATE BISON (2-4, 0-0 SL) | @NDSUwbb
Next Up: Eastern Michigan (12/1; 7 p.m. CT); Mayville State (12/3; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: vs. Harvard (L, 69-64); vs. Toledo (L, 73-58) 
The Bison came up empty in two contests at the San Diego Classic over the Thanksgiving Holiday, falling to a pair of teams in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 ... 12th-ranked Harvard outlasted the Bison 69-64 in the first game before sixth-ranked Toledo dealt NDSU a 73-58 setback to close out the two-game swing in California ... Forward Abbie Draper went for a team-high 17 against the Crimson and added 10 against the Rockets to push her double-figure scoring streak to three consecutive games ... Draper is averaging 15.3 ppg and has her season average up to 10.8 ppg ... Elle Evans led NDSU in scoring with a season-high 15 against Toledo ... Evans leads a trio of Bison in double-figure scoring at 11.7 ppg ... Heaven Hamling (11.3 ppg) and Draper round out that threesome ... The Bison return home for a pair of tilts starting with a clash against Eastern Michigan Friday.

OMAHA MAVERICKS (2-4, 0-0 SL) | @OmahaWBB
Next Up: UIC (12/1; 7 p.m. CT); at Western Illinois (12/5; 7 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: at Wichita State (L, 92-86); Cal State Bakersfield (W, 87-79, OT) 
The Mavericks let an eight-point, fourth-quarter lead slip away against Bakersfield but were able to knock off the Roadrunners with a dominant effort in overtime, outscoring the visitors 16-8 in the extra session to post an 87-79 victory ... Polina Nikulochkina led Omaha with a career-high 21 points, eclipsin the 20-point plateau for the first time in her career ... She had one double-digit scoring game a season ago as a junior and now has three straight this season with her effort against the Roadrunners ... Nikulochkina combined for just seven points in the Mavericks first three games but is averaging 16.7 ppg over her three-game, double-digit scoring stretch ... Kennedi Grant also chipped in with a season-high 18 against Bakersfield ... The Mavericks host UIC Friday to close out a mini-homestand.

ORAL ROBERTS GOLDEN EAGLES (3-2, 0-0 SL) | @ORUWBB
Next Up: at (10/11) Texas (11/29; 11 a.m. CT); Oklahoma Wesleyan (12/11; 7 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: vs. MACU (W, 94-72); Tulsa (W, 93-87); at UTRGV (W, 72-63) 
The Golden Eagles will take a three-game winning streak into its tilt with (10/11) Texas Wednesday morning ... ORU's third win in that stretch was a 72-63 road win at UTRGV ... Emily Robinson and Ruthie Udoumoh each paced the Golden Eagles with 16 points while Hannah Cooper added 14 points and five assists against the Vaqueros ... Robinson has hit double figures in five straight since going scoreless in her collegiate debut at TCU ... The freshman has her average up to 12.7 ppg which leads all Summit League rookies ... Jalei Oglesby (8.3/g) and Udoumoh (7.7/g) rank second and third, respectively on the League's rebounding charts as ORU tops the team charts at 44.1 rpg overall while also pulling down a League-best 16.2 rpg on the o-glass ... The Golden Eagles are also averaging a League-best 81.5 ppg. 

ST. THOMAS TOMMIES (3-3, 0-0 SL) | @TommieWBBall
Next Up: Iowa State (11/29; 7 p.m. CT); at Western Illinois (12/2; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: vs. UC Irvine (L, 74-63); vs. Butler (L, 76-54)
St. Thomas dropped both of its games at the Tiger Turker Tip-off played over Thanksgiving on the campus of Pacific in Stockton, Calif. ... Amber Scalia (18) and Jade Hill (16) combined for 34 of the Tommies' 63 points in an 11-point loss to UC Irvine ... Jordyn Glynn led four Tommies in double figures in the 76-54 loss to Butler ... Glynn had 15, while Jo Langbehn chipped in with 14 ... Scalia and Hill also reached double figures as both players have reached that plateau in all six games for the Tommies this season ... They make up the highest-scoring duo in the Summit League as Scalia ranks third in scoring at 18.0 ppg and Hill is fourth at 15.5 ppg ... The Tommies will host their first Power-5 program Wednesday when Iowa State makes the short trip from Ames to play at Schonecker Arena.  

SOUTH DAKOTA COYOTES (4-3, 0-0 SL) | @SDCoyotesWBB
Next Up: Northern Iowa (11/29; 6 p.m. CT); at Loyola Marymount (12/3; 4 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: vs. (RV/RV) Michigan (L, 70-52); vs. South Carolina State (W, 72-52)
The Coyotes returned from a 1-2 stretch in the Bahamas to rout South Carolina State by 20 at the Sanford Coyote Sports Center ... Grace Larkins filled up the stat sheet once again leading the Coyotes in scoring with 16 points, rebounding with eight and assists with six ... Larkins ranks among the League's top 10 in scoring (13.6 ppg; 8th); rebounding (6.9 rpg; 6th) and assists (4.3 apt; 1st) Eight different Coyotes had at least five points in the contest that moved South Dakota over the .500 mark on the season with a 4-3 record ... Tori DePerry added 12 and has reached double figures in five of seven games for USD coming off the bench ... DePerry is the top-scoring reserve in the League, averaging 11.4 ppg in her first season with the Coyotes ... DePerry (60.5) and Walker Demers (63.9) are both shooting better than 60 percent from the floor for a USD team that ranks second in that category among League teams with a 45.2 percent clip ... The Coyotes play host to Northern Iowa Wednesday night.

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE JACKRABBITS (4-3, 0-0 SL) | @GoJacksWBB 
Next Up: Washington State (12/5; 6 p.m. CT); at Northern Iowa (12/9; 2 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: South Carolina State (W, 72-42); Washburn (95-58)
The Jackrabbits have posted back-to-back home wins with an average margin of victory at 33.5 ... Sophomore Brooklyn Meyer averaged 23.5 ppg in those victories, including scoring a career-high 29 in a 72-42 win over South Carolina State ... Meyer, who is coming off her first career TicketSmarter Peak Performer of the Week accolade, followed that up by leading six Jackrabbits in double figures with 18 in a 95-68 win over Washburn ... Meyer currently ranks second among Summit League scorers with an 18.2 ppg clip and is shooting 54.9 percent from the floor and averaging more than seven field goals per game (7.5) ... She is also the only Summit League player averaging a double-double thanks to a 10.2 rpg clip ... Paige Meyer returned to action in the win over SCSU after missing the previous three games, chipping in 10 points, then adding 14 in just 15 minutes of action in the win over Washburn ... Next up for SDSU is a tilt against Power-5 program Washington State Tuesday at Frost Arena.

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